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Through student-centric coursework and support from experienced faculty, Murray State’s highly specialized online degree programs are designed to fit workforce needs and your career goals.
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All Programs
Business
Become a data-driven decision-maker with in-demand business skills applicable to a broad range of managerial roles with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Business Analytics online program from Murray State University. In this program, you will gain a comprehensive background in applied data, including data management and software development.
You will supplement business skills with essential technical tools such as data mining techniques, software design principles, database structure and maintenance and more. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing – and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
Whether your employer is a private firm or a government agency, develop the tools to capitalize on opportunities for driving economic growth with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Economic Development online program from Murray State University. In this program, you will acquire essential knowledge about processes and practices related to urban and regional planning.
The coursework includes an in-depth study of financial concepts, methods and programs, and information sources vital to growing and sustaining development. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
The 100 percent online Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance program at Murray State University helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Advance your expertise in managing investments and other financial transactions to help build wealth for individuals and corporations. This program concludes with two capstone courses that will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
The Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Forensic Accounting online program prepares you to detect and deter fraudulent behavior and financial misconduct to prevent and prosecute financial crime. In this AACSB-accredited program, you will learn to identify fraud and financial anomalies through specialized forensic expertise and advanced data analysis knowledge.
Enhance your financial detective skills by analyzing financial statements, business valuation approaches and legal remedies for fraud and business crimes. Plus, career-relevant coursework helps fill required education hours and helps prepare you for the CPA Exam.
Shape your degree to meet your professional goals while developing foundational skills applicable to managerial roles in a broad range of industries with the Master of Business Administration General online program from Murray State University.
The broad-based Master of Business Administration General (MBA) online program from Murray State University prepares students for management responsibilities across all facets of business. By choosing electives from a wide variety of high-demand areas, you can tailor your degree to your career interests. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
Become the strategic communications expert your company needs while reaching customers with new technologies and influencing global trends with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Global Communications online program from Murray State University. In this program, you will learn how to communicate ethically and strategically while utilizing technical innovations and maximizing social impact.
Your studies will focus on the wide-ranging roles of news, advertising, global media, and entertainment as well as the perpetuation of systemic views of populations in society. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
Develop skills as an influencer while applying strategies for engaging and responsive marketing in a global marketplace with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing online program from Murray State University. You will learn techniques and tactics to advance your career in a high-growth field.
In this program, you will study messaging and marketing platforms – from traditional to digital – plus analyze case studies focusing on contemporary issues and challenges. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.
Prepare for dynamic leadership roles in the nonprofit sector with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Leadership online program from Murray State University.
Empower less-advantaged communities with mission-driven businesses when you develop your management expertise in philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and community development Plus, gain a comprehensive background in accounting, managerial economics, corporate finance and more with our broad-based core business curriculum.
Become a catalyst for municipal development and build vital private-public partnerships that spur economic growth in your community with the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Economic Development online program from Murray State University. You will learn skills to help stimulate job creation, create tax revenue and nurture economic prosperity.
In this program, you will learn about restructuring market incentives to leverage private investment, developing community-based businesses, affordable housing, and financial institutions in order to improve community life. Our relevant core coursework gives you a background in key areas of public administration, including policy analysis, budgeting and finance, organizational theory, human resource management and more. A choice of electives enables you to shape your degree to meet your career goals.
Prepare to transition into a leadership role in a public service organization while tailoring your degree to meet your specific career goals with the Master of Public Administration General online program from Murray State University. Whether you’re already in public administration or considering a career change, this program gives you a broad range of essential skills.
In this program, you will explore core fields of public administration such as budgeting, organizational theory, human resources, policy analysis, ethics and more. What makes this innovative program unique is the breadth of elective options enabling you to develop skills applicable in government roles, the private sector, nonprofit organizations, or other niches in-between. By choosing coursework from a wide variety of high-demand areas, you can tailor your degree to your professional interests.
Deepen your multifaceted knowledge of the many roles of healthcare within the private and public sectors in the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online program from Murray State. You will study healthcare planning, financial aspects of health services organizations, and health administration and management within a broader overview of the healthcare delivery system.
This 100 percent online healthcare administration program from Murray State’s College of Humanities and Fine Arts includes a capstone experience in which you will integrate theories and methods by proposing and executing a project involving a substantive management or analytic issue in the public sector.
Hone and diversify your leadership skills to help advance your career as an administrator in all levels of government with the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Public Management online program from Murray State University. You will gain credentials to broaden your career in the public service sector.
In this program, you will study intergovernmental relations, local and regional administration, law and ethics, labor relations, public planning and more. By choosing electives, you can shape your degree to match your professional goals. Plus, our relevant core coursework gives you a background in key areas of public administration, including policy analysis, budgeting and finance, organizational theory, human resource management and more.
Become a leader in creating policies and procedures that can shape the future of healthcare in your community with the Master of Public Administration with a concentration in Public and Community Health online program from Murray State University. Learn to analyze and investigate public health issues and implement appropriate interventions.
As part of this program, you will develop essential skills in policy-making and public communication. You will also focus on health counseling, environmental health and health behavior. Plus, our relevant core coursework gives you a background in key areas of public administration, including policy analysis, budgeting and finance, organizational theory, human resource management and more.
Computer Science & IT
Whether you want to boost your technology credentials or begin a new career path, you can tailor this flexible Master of Science in Information Systems online program by choosing from a broad range of electives to strengthen the industry-specific skillset that best aligns with your career goals. Gain the theoretical background and practical experience necessary to thrive in the information systems field.
Program coursework examines key ideas, practices and frameworks of project management, such as Agile, in the context of information systems. Enhance your understanding of extracting data from multiple sources, transforming the data and loading the data into data warehouse architectures through the ETL process. In our experiential curriculum, you will apply data analysis techniques such as prediction, clustering, associations and forecasting to creatively solve real-world problems.
Learn from experienced instructors who are dedicated to your success. Our world-class faculty will ensure you are well-versed in cutting-edge tools such as R, Python™, IBM SPSS Modeler, SAP® Predictive Analytics, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and more.
The Master of Science in Information Systems with a concentration in Business Analytics online program from Murray State University is a pragmatic program centered on problem-solving; it combines modern information technology practices with business acumen.
In the master’s in information systems online program, you will examine the critical issues and challenges related to IT decision-making as well as the technological and human aspects of solutions. While studying for your MS in Information Systems, you will focus on the impact of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, how ERP software integrates business functions and how to make current business functions compatible with an ERP system. Additionally, you will learn software cycle, software process maturity and Agile modules as well as various software methodologies, such as object oriented, rapid development, software design, and verification and testing.
Our faculty are experts in the field of management information systems and committed to your success. Our coursework incorporates state-of-the-art tools such as R, Python™, IBM SPSS Data Modeler, SAP® Predictive Analytics, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). You will benefit from hands-on practice with analytics software while learning to develop applications for analytics through data management and analysis skills.
Criminal Justice, Safety & Law
Lead your organization by earning an online Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Murray State University. You’ll acquire top-notch, workplace relevant business skills in areas such as accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. And with a concentration in cybersecurity, you’ll learn how to make business decisions around data network and information system security, mitigate security breaches and use techniques to protect your organization’s privacy, software and information. Our capstone course will strengthen your background in strategic management.
Gain the skills to become an in-demand professional in a rapidly growing industry with the unique Master of Science in Cybersecurity Management online program from Murray State University. Designed with the needs of various industries in mind, this STEM-designated degree provides you with the technical foundation to manage and secure contemporary data networks as well as an overview of security challenges and mitigation controls such as network intrusion, prevention and detection, incident response, malicious software, public key encryption, and message authentication. You will graduate equipped with skills in cybersecurity governance, policy and planning, risk management, business continuity, and more. This degree can complement your existing career by adding collaborative information technology and security expertise to your professional strengths.
Our innovative program was built to accommodate the educational needs of working professionals and does not require an extensive background in IT or cybersecurity. Murray State faculty follow the technology industry closely to continuously assess and determine how to best develop your abilities, beginning with the basics.
Healthcare
Be ready to shape the evolution of healthcare delivery and patient care at the management and administrative level with the Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Healthcare Administration online program from Murray State University. Develop the skills to operate an ethically sound and financially successful health system.
As part of this in-depth program, you will compare private and public strategies, analyze broad topics related to global healthcare and learn management concepts and decision-making tools. The relevant core curriculum helps you develop essential skills in accounting, business analytics, managerial economics, corporate finance, marketing and more. Two capstone courses will strengthen your background in organizational behavior and strategic management.